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12Nov18

These Two Cyber-attacks Are on the Rise - Here's How to Protect Yourself

Although clicking on and responding to emails in the workplace is a common practice, recent research revealed it’s also a top cyber-security concern. Indeed, among the methods cyber-criminals use to attack organisations, social engineering scams and ransomware are on the rise.

Social engineering scams, such as email attacks and phishing scams, accounted for over 25 per cent of cyber-incidents...

Following the article we wrote on typical types of Crime, and How to Protect Your Business with Crime Cover, which you can read here, we have also put together an interactive test that helps determine your company's level of exposure to a costly incident of internal or external crime or fraud.

Crime Exposure Test:FreeEasy to use Built in an Excel spreadsheet formatCan...

You may think that your employees would never steal from you or that your business would never be the victim of theft, but the harsh reality is that nearly every business is eventually victimised by fraud or theft.

Thieves (including your employees) do not need direct access to cash to steal from you—merchandise, supplies and securities are all vulnerable. Criminals...

Fraud and cyber crime—which includes any criminal act dealing with computers and networks—are the most common criminal offences in the United Kingdom, according to the most recent data from the Office for National Statistics. In fact, in 2015, approximately 8,000 people and companies each month reported being the target of a phishing scam, which involves fraudsters accessing valuable personal...